[jiaweihli]

This feels uncharitable. Pinyin is a lot easier to learn coming from a western background. It's also used by many people as the primary input method for typing, and it's reasonable that the parent poster might not have a current need to learn characters. There's no reason to shame people for learning.

[wilonth]

I certainly have no intention of shaming or talking him down, just trying to suggest an option, if it comes across that way, my bad.